单选题 Many countries will not allow cigarette advertising in their newspaper or on TV-especially (1) the advertisements are usually written with young people in mind. (2) advertising, the tobacco companies have begun to (3) sports events. They give money to football, motor racing, tennis and a number of (4) sports (5) condition that the name of the cigarette is (6) This is now (7) concern, because it does exactly (8) many ads try to do-suggest that smoking has some connection (9) being strong and athletic.
In all this, the point of view of the non-smokers has to be (10) as well: "3 wish smoker would stop (11) the air. I wish I could eat in a restaurant (12) having to smell cigarettes smoke." It has been (13) that, in a room where a large number of people are smoking, a non-smoker will breathe in the (14) of two or three cigarettes during an evening. (15) , non-smokers are now majority in many western countries. More and more people are giving up the habit, discouraged by high prices, influenced by (16) advertising or just aware that smoking is no longer really a polite thing to do.
Faced with lower sales, the western tobacco companies have begun to look outside their own countries. They have begun advertising (17) to persuade young people in developing countries that smoking American or British or French cigarette is a sophisticated western habit, which they should copy. As a result, more and more young people are spending (18) money they have on a product which the west recognizes (19) unhealthy and no longer wants. The high number of young smokers in India, in South America and in South East Asia will become some of tomorrow's (20) .

单选题 A. that B. when C. where D. since
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查连词用法和上下文逻辑关系。破折号前面的句子说,许多国家不允许报纸和电视上出现烟草的广告;本句话说,这些广告通常给年轻人留下印象,可见,后面的句子是在解释原因,因此应该选择一个表示原因的连词,故选项D正确。
单选题 A. In the place of B. In place of C. Besides D. Except
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析和上下文逻辑关系。前面的句子说,许多国家不允许报纸和电视上出现烟草的广告;本句话说,为了______广告,烟草公司开始赞助体育赛事,说明所填词应该表示“代替”之意,只有选项B是这个意思。
单选题 A. promote B. develop C. sponsor D. help
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析和上下文逻辑关系。根据下面一句话里提到的They give money to football,motor racing,tennis可知,这是一种赞助行为,同时所填词的宾语是“sports events”,填sponsor正好可以搭配。
单选题 A. other B. another C. others D. some
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。此题可以用排除法,所填的词修饰sports,故选项B、C不正确;所填的词与a number of搭配,故选项D也不正确。
单选题 A. on B. in C. with D. under
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配。on condition that是一个固定的短语,意思是“条件是”。
单选题 A. suggested B. claimed C. mentioned D. declared
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。suggest意为“建议”;claim意为“声称,主张”;mention意为“提及”;declare意为“宣布”。所填的词的宾语是“the name of the cigarette”,故选项C正确。
单选题 A. causing B. making C. giving D. setting
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与搭配。所填词的宾语是concern,可以与之搭配的只有cause一词。
单选题 A.that B. which C. as D. what
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查语法现象。所填的词要引导一个从句,同时在从句中充当宾语,故只有what正确。
单选题 A.with B.of C. for D. to
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语的固定搭配。与connect搭配使用的介词是with。
单选题 A. believed B. thought C. considered D. regarded
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与搭配。所填词的宾语是“the point of view of the non-smokers”,可以与之搭配的只有consider,表示“考虑”。regard通常和as连用,构成regard…as…的句型。
单选题 A. damaging B. spoiling C. decaying D. destroying
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。damage意为“损坏”,宾语通常为有形物;spoil意为“损害”,宾语通常是无形物;decay意为“腐败,衰败”;destroy意为“摧毁,彻底毁灭”。所填词的宾语是“the air'’,故选项B正确。
单选题 A. in spite of B. rather than C. because of D. without
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。所填的词与“having to smell cigarettes smoke”搭配修饰“restaurant”,故选项A、C均不正确;如果用rather than,则前面应该提到一种做法,故只有选项D正确。
单选题 A. reported B. calculated C. said D. believed
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析和上下文逻辑关系。后面的句子讲,在一个许多人吸烟的屋子里,一个不吸烟的人一晚上所吸入的烟雾相当于两到三根烟散发的烟雾。很明显,这是一个计算结果,故选项B正确。
单选题 A. same B. comparable C. equal D. equivalent
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析和上下文逻辑关系。equivalent意为“对等物”,表示与其他的东西等量或者等价等,由后面的“two or three cigarettes"可知,此词符合此处的语境。
单选题 A. However B. Actually C. Then D. So
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查逻辑推理和上下文逻辑关系。上一句话提到要考虑不吸烟的人的感受,本句话说,______,不吸烟的人在西方国家现在占到了大多数,这表明本句话所讲的是一个事实,故选项B正确。
单选题 A. non-smoking B. no-smoking C. anti-smoking D. against smoking
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与搭配。此题很容易错选成non-smoking,因为这个词在全文中出现了多次,但是所填的词后面跟的是advertising一词,与之搭配的话要用anti-advertising,前缀anti-表示“反对”的意思。
单选题 A. struggles B. fights C. campaigns D. battles
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。表示广告等政治或商业活动时,用campaign一词,故只能选择C。
单选题 A. the little B. a little C. little D. some little
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析和上下文逻辑关系。the little意为“仅有的一点儿”;a little意为“少许”;little具有否定含义,表示“很少”;some和little是不放在一起搭配出现的。本句话讲,越来越多的年轻人开始花费他们______的钱去购买西方人认为不健康且不再需要的产品,故选项A正确。
单选题 A. by B. for C. as D.with
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词语的搭配。recognize常与as搭配使用,构成recognize…as…的固定句型。
单选题 A. difficulties B. phenomena C. problems D. situations
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。problem表示“问题,难题,麻烦”,指难以处理或应对的棘手的社会问题,符合这里的语境。